Hurricane Harvey slammed into the southeastern Texas coast two Fridays ago as a Category 4 storm, lashing homes and businesses with 130-mile-per-hour winds and . . .
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9/7/17
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In politics, talk is cheap, as they say. During the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump talked a good game, calling for a $1 trillion national infrastructure program that would modernize the country’s ailing transportation network. So far, nothing.
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7/27/17
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President Trump has derided the Affordable Care Act time and again over the past two years, saying, over and over, that it — and, you would think, it alone — caused insurance premiums to skyrocket.
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6/1/17
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While Brianna McDonough, 16, of Merrick, and Brendan Carr, 13, of Long Beach, were not close, she understands how bullying played a part in his September 2016 suicide.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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4/13/17
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There were many surprises on Election Day across America, including an apparent upset in New York state’s 8th Senate District. Though ballots were still being challenged in court as the Herald went to press this week, Democrat John Brooks, an unknown candidate with limited resources, appears to have done the impossible, defeating Republican incumbent Sen. Michael Venditto.
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By Lisa Tyson
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12/15/16
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In 1969, the Stonewall Inn was a hole-in-the-wall gay bar, a plain, two-story structure operated by the Mafia. No one would have suspected . . .
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10/20/16
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Potential Belmont Park developer the Engel Burman Group has sponsored a radio advertisement, produced by a civic group in Elmont, that criticizes the plan for the vacant south lot of the racetrack …
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By Steve Smirti
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8/10/16
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Potential Belmont Park developer the Engel Burman Group presented its vision for the south lot of the racetrack to the community at a June 15 meeting at the Elmont Public Library. The company’s …
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By Steve Smirti
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6/22/16
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There is a bill now being considered in the State Senate’s Codes Committee that deserves public support. It would eliminate the statute of limitations that now prevents victims who are 23 or older from filing claims of sexual abuse . . .
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4/28/16
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Flanked by fellow Democratic lawmakers and representatives of Long Island nonprofit groups on Monday, Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, of Baldwin, called on the State Legislature to pass a measure that would “raise the age” of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/1/16
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